There have been many talks recently about the desperate need for a Campbeltown Trader’s Association to be fully operative and active again within the town and our first goal of 2014 is to get the ball rolling and make this happen. From the beginning of Explore Campbeltown, one of our aims was to get all businesses realising that working together to help showcase our town can only be a benefit to all involved. We believe that we have started to achieve this and feel that a Traders Association would help to further it.

We are holding a meeting for anyone interested in being involved in this on Tuesday 28th January at 6.30pm in the Tasting Room, Bolgam Street. If you are interested in attending the meeting then please let us know asap so we know what numbers to expect.

As we are not a ‘trader’ as such, we will not be directly involved in the running of the group but are keen for the association to come under the Explore Campbeltown umbrella and for representatives to keep us in the know and up to date with what is happening.

If and when we manage to establish this we hope that we will be able to start thinking about other associations, such as a hoteliers for example, in order to cover all businesses under the Explore Campbeltown banner. If you are unable to get involved in the traders but would be interested in getting involved in another then please let us know.